One of the best analogies I have found
on the paths to enlightenment is from a guy called Brian Takle who was
writing about the philosophy of the Matrix trilogy.

A quality mountaineer will tell you that any rock has multiple ascents.
Some climbers do better on one ascent, other climbers on another. It's
impossible from a logical standpoint to differentiate between ascents.
You might state facts like "More people prefer this ascent."
But that doesn't make it "better." So it is with Enlightenment.
It's quite difficult in, say, Confucianism to say that a path is evil
as long it leads you higher up the mountain. That lesson has to be applied
to Smith to see him properly. He is the nemesis of Neo, his arch-enemy,
and our traditional modes of thought make us label Neo "good"
and Smith "evil."